Introduction: Organocatalysis

Organocatalysis

During the past 12 years or so, hardly any other field has impacted the art and science of chemical synthesis more profoundly than organocatalysis. The growth, both in academic research and in industrial use, has been breathtaking. Judging by the development of its impact factor, the Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry is currently attempting to achieve the same impact within chemistry publi...

Enantioselective organocatalysis.

Enantioselective organocatalysis has emerged as a powerful synthetic paradigm that is complementary to metal-catalysed transformations and has accelerated the development of new methods to make diverse chiral molecules. The operational simplicity, ready availability of catalysts and low toxicity associated with organocatalysis makes it an attractive method to synthesise complex structures. Here...

Organocatalysis Eric

T he field of asymmetric catalysis is dedicated to the development of efficient catalytic methods for the construction of chiral molecules and has been dominated by the use of organometallics and enzymes for most of its history. However, in the past decade, the concept of organocatalysis has emerged as a discrete strategy for addressing modern day challenges in chemistry. It has become widely a...

Photo-Organocatalysis, Photo-Redox, and Electro- Organocatalysis Processes

The research involving photo-organocatalysis, photoredox, and electro-organocataly‐ sis processes is revised in this chapter. Modern synthetic processes enable the formation of large arrays of organic molecules with precise control over their three-dimensional structure, which is important in a variety of fields ranging from pharmaceutical to materials science. Photochemical reactions may have ...

Comprehensive Enantioselective Organocatalysis